St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-19
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Not Enough Rain to Make a Good
Yield of Cotton.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The signal
Office weather crop bulletin, issued to-
day, says: During the week ending
Sept. II the weather has been colder
than usual from Dakota eastward over
the lake region to New England, the
daily average temperature being from
10 to 80 below the normal. 1t has
been warmer than usual from the gulf
states to the Ohio valley and interior to
the South Atlantic states, the daily aver
age temperature being from 80 to %
above the normal. For the Sacramento
valley, California, the daily average tenn
perature is from - to So above the
normal. The daily average temperature
for the season, from Jan. l to Sept. II,
has been in excess from the Ohio
valley, Tennessee and interior
of the gulf states westward to
the Rocky mountains, the daily excess
ranging from less than 10 to about 40.
The seasonal temperature has generally
been deficient in the South Atlantic
states and the upper lake region, the
daily average deficiency being about l
excepting along Lake Superior, where
it varies from % to 80 below the
average. During the week the rainfall
has very generally been slightly
east of the Rocky mountains, the
greatest defency being over one inch
along the South Atlantic coast. In the
middle Atlantic states it has been
slightly above the average rainfall.
The large seasonal deficiency, exceed
ing ten inches, continues throughout the
lower Mississippi Valley and the greater
portion of Illinois and Iowa. During
the past month over 100 per cent. of the
usual amount of rain has fallen in por-
tions of New England, the lower lake
region, western North Carolina and the
Missouri valley, while less than SO per
cent. of the usual amount has fallen
along the South Atlantic and Eastern
Ohio valley, the larger portion of ILL
nOiS and Eastern Missouri. In the to-
baccO regions of Tennessee about SO per
cent. of the usual amount has fallen
during the month, while in that of
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
from 10 to so per cent. of the usual
amount has fallen. Reports from Mis-
sissippi indicate that the weather has
been more favorable during the past
week, but not enough rainfall, and the
cotton crop
WILL FALL SHORT.
From Tennessee reports state that
Cottou 10 op0IluS ldpluly. EIOIn NOIIu
and South Carolina. the weather is re-
ported favorable for cotton picking. 1t
is reported from Minnesota that the
crops have been harvested and condi-
tiOns are favorable for threshing. From
Kansas hot winds in the southeast por-
ton injured the late crops. Elsewhere
rain is benefiting the late crops. From
Missouri, the weather is reported favor
able to pasturage and wheat seeding,
except in the central portion; from Hi
nois, that seeding is progressing, but
revived pastures again failing; from
Indiana, that pastures are parched and
wells dry; from Ohio, favorable for
crops; from Tennessee, draught seri-
GUS, plowing stopped; from South Caro-
lima, crop suffering from draught; from
| North Carolina and New Jersey, weather
| favorable for crops; from Massachu-
sets, weather conditions favorable, ex-
| cept potatoes rotting. Killing frosts
have occurred during the past week in
the larger portions of Dakota and Min
nesota, northern portions of Wisconsin
| and Michigan, northeastportion of New
York and Northern Vermont, and light
frosts in Wyoming, Southern Dakota,
| Northern Nebraska, Southern Michi-
| gan, Central New York and the greater
| portion of Maine.